Oman, Yemen - MEKUNU UPDATE</h1> <article> <p>Mon, 28 May 2018 06:20:00 +02:00</p> </article> <article> <h1>Oman, Yemen - MEKUNU UPDATE</h1> <p>Fri, 25 May 2018 05:43:00 +02:00</p> <ul> <li>Tropical Cyclone MEKUNU continued moving north-west over the Southwest Arabian Sea, strengthening and passing east of Socotra Island on 23 May evening UTC. On 25 May at 0.00 UTC, it was located 200 km south-east of Salalah city (Oman) and it had maximum sustained winds of 157 km/h. </li> <li>Over the next 24 hours, it is forecast to continue moving northwestwards toward northeastern Yemen and southwestern Oman, strengthening. Its centre may approach the southwestern coast of Oman, near Salalah city on 25 May afternoon/evening UTC, possibly with maximum sustained winds of 160-170 km/h (equivalent to a Category 2 in the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale). Very heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge may affect southwestern Oman, especially the area of Salalah, and eastern Yemen over the 3 days. Heavy rain could still affect Socotra Archipelago from 25-26 May.</li> <li>According to media, as of 24 May, seven people have been killed, ten more have been reported missing and hundreds of others have been evacuated in Socotra Island (Yemen).</li> </ul> </article> <article> <h1>Yemen, Oman, Somalia - Tropical Cyclone MEKUNU</h1> <p>Wed, 23 May 2018 06:44:00 +02:00</p> <ul> <li>Tropical Cyclone MEKUNU continued moving north-west over the Southwest Arabian Sea, strengthening. On 23 May at 0.00 UTC, its <g class="gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="8" data-gr-id="8">centre</g> was located 240 km south-east of Socotra Island (Socotra Archipelago, Yemen) and had maximum sustained wind speed of 102 km/h. </li> <li>Over the next 24 hours, it is forecast to continue moving toward northeastern Yemen and southwestern Oman, strengthening. Heavy rain, strong winds and storm surge may affect several areas of Socotra Archipelago, northeastern Somalia, northeastern Yemen and southwestern Oman over 23-28 May.</li> </ul> </article> </main></body></html>